HARARE – Authorities have summoned Martha Tholanah, the chairperson of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (Galz), to appear in court to stand trial on charges of running an “unregistered” organisation. Tholanah was recently served with summons to appear in Court 5 at Harare Magistrates’ Courts to answer to charges of running an unregistered organisation in…
BULAWAYO – Robert Mugabe has no guts to deal with the controversial salarygate saga as all the State enterprises and parastatals are controlled by the shadowy Joint Operation Command (JOC), former State Enterprises and Parastatals minister Gorden Moyo has said. Moyo told delegates in Bulawayo at an event organised by a cluster of civic society…
LONDON – It was Robert Mugabe’s 90th birthday on Friday. The president is hailed as a revolutionary hero by many Zimbabweans while the West considers him a tyrant, guilty of corruption and widespread human rights abuses. It is not surprising that a man who polarises opinion so sharply should possess a presumptuous and outlandish turn…
HARARE – Housing 170 children, Jairos Jiri centre in Southerton, is a far cry from your regular learning institution. The home takes care of 82 girls and 88 boys ranging from ages six to 16 years, with varying physical disabilities. The home has in the past been battling with sourcing wheelchairs as the number of…
HARARE – Anita Bhagat, the wife to Indian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, has launched a book called Chilli Blooms. The book, launched at a ceremony in Harare, offered recipes from India and Ikebana; and flower arrangement techniques from Japan. Bhagat said, “I started writing this book three years ago. My children had gone away from home…
HARARE – Courage, faith and enthusiasm for life are what they have in common. They had the courage to get tested and had faith in herbal medicines. And their boundless enthusiasm for life has paid dividends. Lucia Dzuda-Kuleya, 39, Edna Shava, 40, Maria Augusto, 47, and Aletta Muteura, 56, have been using herbal medicines since…
LONDON – Ah yes, copycats. They are everywhere, and it can seem frustrating. I have had so many designer friends complaining about this — and witnessed some talented ones quit because they can’t take the stress of it anymore. But more often than not; when someone is copied, I experience the same reaction — surprise…
BUALAWAYO – Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo will take place between September 23 and 27 this year under the theme Unforgettable. The five-day event will mark the 10th anniversary of Bulawayo’s leading multi-disciplinary arts event. Festival director Raisedon Baya told the Daily News yesterday that his organisation was looking forward to holding a special festival befitting…
HARARE – For five days last week, Harare-based Upper Room Ministries Church performed their play called Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames. Upper Room Ministries worked in conjunction with a South Africa-based non-denominational Christian entity, Reality Outreach Ministries to do the play. The fear-provoking play dramatises life after death. It demonstrates the Biblical belief that sinners…
HARARE – Nafuna TV creator Nqobizitha ‘Enqore’ Mlilo is delighted to have been included among 10 Africans with exceptional web-based success stories by a Google initiative called Africa Connected. The other shortlisted innovators are Sitawa Wafula (Kenya), Mayowa Adegbile (Nigeria), Eunice Namirembe (Uganda), Eric Obuh (Nigeria), Lamine Mbengue (Senegal), Timothy Maguire (South Africa), Christopher Panford…
